Séadna
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Another day dawns over the only landmass on the beautiful world of Joshi's Garden. The island that is home to the famous ultra-luxurious hunting resort: Devana's Lodge. Named for the Slavic goddess of the hunt. The resort is comprised of one of the finest hotels in the galaxy built into the local rock, a zoo housing creatures deemed too dangerous to hunt except for those willing to foot the heavy fee demanded by marine corps quarantine and finally the jungle hunting grounds themselves which take up the rest of the island. The beasts present in the resort were the apex hunters of various so called "Death Worlds" across inhabited space. In a more controversial move two extremely rare creatures had been captured from Jump Space and placed in the zoo.
Marine headquarters had recently been notified when the resort's "all okay" beacon had not transmitted its weekly update. The high priority of the guests and the danger posed by the park had the nearest Marine AI orbiting a nearby Neutron star dispatch a crack team with a proven record. To improve success odds it also assigned an experienced old Spec-ops expert and a young Psi-op officer who had manifested rare abilities.
The mission was fairly clear.
First: Save as many of the wealthy clientele as possible. Some being major funders of the marine corps' Medical and Intelligence divisions, as well as prominent business leaders in this sector.
Second: Determine if the resort now posed a risk to inhabited space and if so destroy it. A drop of anti-water was held in a secure facility somewhere on the island that could blow the planet if needs be. Unfortunately only the two park owners were privy to its location.
Back on the planet the local fish welcome the sunshine by leaping out of the waters of the island's central lake and catching the odd insect. Across the lake from the hotel a local variety of red reptile called the Clapper-Jaw munches the beach sand looking for worms. Their leader rears his head and bellows at the others to run as he hears a sharp whistle in the air.
They just about manage to scurry into the jungle as two multi-ton spherical pods slam into the beach sand carrying six of the marine corps' finest. One pod is almost completely nondescript, a perfect black sphere. The other however is a pulsing blue with the Greek letter Psi emblazoned on it.
A large circular iris then opens on the first pod. Within it releases the safety belts of Griff, Ling, Raúl and Shank who have been strapped to its padded walls for the long journey to Joshi's Garden.
The second pod then opens following a similar procedure and issues a warning to all marines present that it is now releasing the Schweber helmets that protect the average human from the potent psychic field of the two Psi Operatives. Potter and Sharpe are then let out as their helmets come loose and fold into their pod's walls.
All six marines stand on the beach and look across the lake to the hotel.
Marine headquarters had recently been notified when the resort's "all okay" beacon had not transmitted its weekly update. The high priority of the guests and the danger posed by the park had the nearest Marine AI orbiting a nearby Neutron star dispatch a crack team with a proven record. To improve success odds it also assigned an experienced old Spec-ops expert and a young Psi-op officer who had manifested rare abilities.
The mission was fairly clear.
First: Save as many of the wealthy clientele as possible. Some being major funders of the marine corps' Medical and Intelligence divisions, as well as prominent business leaders in this sector.
Second: Determine if the resort now posed a risk to inhabited space and if so destroy it. A drop of anti-water was held in a secure facility somewhere on the island that could blow the planet if needs be. Unfortunately only the two park owners were privy to its location.
Back on the planet the local fish welcome the sunshine by leaping out of the waters of the island's central lake and catching the odd insect. Across the lake from the hotel a local variety of red reptile called the Clapper-Jaw munches the beach sand looking for worms. Their leader rears his head and bellows at the others to run as he hears a sharp whistle in the air.
They just about manage to scurry into the jungle as two multi-ton spherical pods slam into the beach sand carrying six of the marine corps' finest. One pod is almost completely nondescript, a perfect black sphere. The other however is a pulsing blue with the Greek letter Psi emblazoned on it.
A large circular iris then opens on the first pod. Within it releases the safety belts of Griff, Ling, Raúl and Shank who have been strapped to its padded walls for the long journey to Joshi's Garden.
The second pod then opens following a similar procedure and issues a warning to all marines present that it is now releasing the Schweber helmets that protect the average human from the potent psychic field of the two Psi Operatives. Potter and Sharpe are then let out as their helmets come loose and fold into their pod's walls.
All six marines stand on the beach and look across the lake to the hotel.